Reflecting on My Dad’s Early, Grace-Filled Death

The consoling knowledge of the “communion of saints” continues to support me on my journey of grief. It is wonderful to know that those that we love need not be dismissed as “dead and gone.” There is the wonderful Reality that life goes on, beyond the grave. I can hope that my dad is “putting in a good word for me” now, that he is currently experiencing reality more fully than the rest of us in the Church here on earth.

Letters, Relationship, Spirituality, ReceiveHannah GrahamJuly 31, 2019death, life after death, hope in suffering, mourning, loss, Catholic loss coping Comment

All Things New

We sat there, my mom, dad, and I as the man in the white coat leaned against the counter next to alcohol swabs and sterilized medical things. When he said, “Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer,” I looked to mom as I always did when I didn’t understand the medical jargon.

Letters, Spirituality, CreateCorynne StaresinicJune 12, 2019Catholic Fatherhood of God, Redemptive Suffering and Death, Catholic belonging, Catholic feeling out of place, Catholic loss coping, Catholic Abba Father Comments

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